Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Day of The Dead - Did you know?

At first glance, the Mexican custom of El Día de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — may sound much like the U.S. custom of Halloween. After all, the celebration traditionally starts at midnight the night of Oct. 31, and the festivities are abundant in images related to death.

But the customs have different origins, and their attitudes toward death are different: In the typical Halloween festivities, death is something to be feared. But in el día de los muertos, death — or at least the memories of those who have died — is something to be celebrated.

Day of the Dead inspired skull and cross bracelet. Both the southwest style crosses and skulls are made from Magnesite stone, and the spacer beads are bone. The clasp is an antiqued silver plated toggle clasp with a rose on one end. The bracelet measures about 8 1/2 inches long, and is no more than 3/4 inches wide.